Country Life

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Country Life, the quintessential English magazine, is undoubtedly one of the biggest and instantly recognisable brands in the UK today. It has a unique core mix of contemporary country-related editorial and top end property advertising. Editorially, the magazine comments in-depth on a wide variety of subjects, such as architecture, the arts, gardens and gardening, travel, the countryside, field-sports and wildlife. With renowned columnists and superb photography Country Life delivers the very best of British life every week.

THE LEGENDARY RECORDING STUDIO ENTERS ITS 10TH DECADE • Abbey Road Studios, NW8

A Christmas cracker

Be there or be square

A clean bill of health

Fast and furious

Let there be light

In their prime

Country Life

W9 LITTLE BLACK BOOK

In full bloom • For centuries before literary greats and intellectuals borrowed its name, Bloomsbury was a bucolic slice of countryside. Carla Passino takes a look at its history

At home in Bloomsbury

THE UPS AND DOWNS

The great and the good

The Colony Grill Room, The Beaumont, 8, Balderton St, W1

December at a glance • We’re all guilty of ignoring what’s on our doorstep, so we’ve made it easier for you. Here’s what’s happening this month

OUR CAPITAL’S ENDANGERED HERITAGE • The dinosaurs of Crystal Palace Park and the beleagured Gunnersbury Park are under threat. We must work to save them, says Jack Watkins

A RISKY BUSINESS

THE CAPITAL ACCORDING TO... Joanna Wood • Rosie Paterson talks to the interior designer about life in Belgravia and changing her mind about Constable

Miss Diana Sybella Elliott

Pootle on

Sing, choirs of angels

Where to hear a heavenly host

Breaching the gates of Troy

Good week for

Bad week for

In good voice

The power of love

We’ll meet again

A dog for life, not just Black Friday

Country Mouse • The edge of reason

Town Mouse • Homework by amanuensis

Oh, the agony! • Agony aunt Mrs Hudson solves your dilemmas

A novel note

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE • December 3, 1921

Town & Country Notebook

Wines of the week

In the spotlight • Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

Letter of the week

Contact us (photographs welcome)

Letters to the Editor

Hands off the High Weald

A renewed sense of purpose in culture

The way we were • Photographs from the Country Life archive

My favourite painting Laurence Cummings • A Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman by Johannes Vermeer

One equal light • There’s a place for us

Life is a highway • From winding mountain passes to broad, salt-washed vistas that make you feel you can fly, Britain was made for taking the scenic route. Annunciata Elwes describes eight glorious roads

The flying barn door • Once accused of snatching children, but more likely to take a tennis ball, ‘the eagle with the sunlit eye’ is back soaring through our skies thanks to a careful reintroduction programme, discovers Vicky Liddell

In the eagle's nest

Crystal Palace

Paxton’s

What they said

A temple to peace • Grand Lodge, London WC2 The Freemasons’ Hall One of London’s most imposing Art Deco interiors has thrown open its doors to visitors. James Campbell explains the remarkable history of this extraordinary building

In glorious technicolour • Our cathedrals were once filled with colour, argues Simon Jenkins. Isn’t it time we brought it back?

Winter blues • Brand new in comparison to other gemstones, Hetty Lintell discovers the beauty of tanzanite

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